Floor-scraper.



No. 736,594. PATENTED AUG. 18. 1903. E. GOULETTE.

FLOORSCRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.1],, 1902.

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FLOOR-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,594, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed December 11, 1902. Serial No. 134,756. (No model.)

T0 (0 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENSIBE GOULETTE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improve-' ment in Floor-Scrapers, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel, simple, andinexpensive scraper for scraping and smoothing wooden floors, the devicebeing so constructed that it can be used close to the base-board of aroom and in corners, obviating the use of a plane or small scrapingdevice for such portions of a floor.

The various novel features of my invention will be described fullyhereinafter and pointed out particularly in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a scraper embodying my invention insubstantially operative position, and Fig. 2 is a top'or plan Viewthereof.

In the present embodiment of my invention the scraper is devised foroperation by two men, one moving it along over the floor by means of asuitable handle, while the other workman kneels and grasps two handpieces or grips extended laterally, steadying and guiding the device andapplying the requisite pressure.

The head a of the scraper is shown as an elongated block, preferably ofwood, of sufficient width, and, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it iswedge-shaped in side elevation, its broader end being beveled at a toform an inclined seat for the scraping-blade B.

A wooden clamp-plate 0 preferably of wood, is provided with holes 2 (seedotted lines, Fig. 1) to receive looselythe upturned threaded ends ofclamping-bolts c, which are secured in the head and pass through theseat a at right angles thereto and on opposite sides of the blade. (SeeFig. 2.)

I have shown the clamp-plate as trans.

versely recessed to receive a metallic wear member 0, through which thebolts pass, clamping-nuts 0 being screwed onto the bolts and bearing onthe wear member to tightly clamp the blade B between its inclined seatand the clamp-plate 0 Screws 3, Fig. 2, secure the wear member to theclamp-plate, and the lower end of the latter is beveled, as'at coppositely to the seat in order to enable the scraper to be used closeto the wall or base-board of a room.

A long handle a is rigidly secured to the end of the head farthest fromthe blade, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the head is provided on itsupper side-with a deep trans verse recess a preferably rectangular incross-section. 7

Two hand-grips g, having their inner ends rectangular, as at 9 and ofsuch dimensions as will easily enter the recess a ,are pivotallyconnected with the head a by hinges h. (See Fig. 2.)

One leaf of each hinge is attached to the bottom of the recess, as byscrews 5, and the other leaf is attached by screws 6 (see dotted lines,Fig. 2) to the under side of the rectangular part of the hand-grip. Thispermits the hand-grips to be swung down into operative position (seeFig. 2) with their ends g in the recess a and their outer endsprojecting laterally beyond the sides of the head, such operativeposition being shown in full lines, Fig.1, the recess then serving as asocket to firmly hold the grips from movement in the direction of thelength of the head a.

A locking device (shown as a curved metal arm (1) isfulcru med at d onthe side of the head below the longitudinal center of each hand-grip,said arm being adapted to be swung over the top of the grip, as in fulllines, Fig. 1, to hold it down in operative positiou.

.Ifit is desired to turn either hand-grip upright, as in dotted lines,Fig. 1, its lockingarm dis thrown over into dotted-line position.

The side of the head a is recessed at a to receive the arm (1, so thatit will not project laterally beyond the head. When the scraper is inuse, one workman grasps the handle a. and pulls the scraper over thefloor, another Workman kneeling and grasping the handgrips g, steadyingthe scraper and guiding it and also regulating the pressure with whichthe blade B acts upon the floor.

The blade can be readily adjusted by means of the clamping device;

A smooth wide shaving is made by the scraper, and the work can beaccomplished with rapidity and very effectively.

When scraping close to a base-board or working in a corner, one or theother of the hand-grips can be upturned, as described, in order that thescraper may be moved close against the wall. 1

The device is exceedingly simple, it is comparatively light in weight,and it will do very fine accurate work.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A floorscraper comprising a woodenhead having a long, rigidly-attached handle, and an inclined blade-seat,a scraping-blade, means to clamp it in operative position upon the seat,lateral hand-grips pivotally mounted on the head, to extend fromopposite sides thereof, and a curved locking-arm fulcrumed on each sideof the head and adapted to be swung upward and over the adjacenthandgrip, to lock the same in operative position.

was-e4 2. A floor scraper comprising a wooden head having a long,rigidly-attached handle, and an inclined blade-seat, a scraping-blade,means to clamp it in operative position upon the seat, the head having atransverse recess in its upper side, rectangular in cross-section,lateral hand-grips pivotally mounted in said recess at their.rectangular ends, said hand-grips when swung down into the recessprojecting at the ends thereof beyond opposite sides ofthe head, and acurved lockingarm fulcrumed on each side of the head and 'adapted to beswung up and over the adjacent grip to retain it in operative position,

either hand-grip when unlocked being adapted to be swung upright withinthe sides of the head, to enable the latter to be used adjacent a wallor in a corner.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my 4;

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENSIBE GOULETTE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH T. YON, PHILIP J. YON.

